This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Nathaniel Philbrick, The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World (Viking, October 2026) Nathaniel Philbrick is one of the most engaging history writers today. In my courses, I sometimes assign his riv
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. Thousands of survivors are still displaced from their homes and facing critical food shortages as emergency food rations run out – with many affected communities likely to face a hunger crisis well into 2027 as their livelihoods and farmland has been destroyed. At least 1,450 p...
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Franni Cash is no newcomer to the Christian music industry, and it shows. Though she’s only been recording and performing as a solo artist since 2023, her onstage charisma and ease in front of stadium crowds comes from years spent singing with the band We The Kingdom, whose other...
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When James Kilgo published Deep Enough for Ivorybills in 1988, reviewers compared it to Annie Dillard’s 1974 nature memoir Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Dillard herself saw the kinship. In the afterword to a book she edited, Modern American Memoirs, she recommended Kilgo’s book. Ivory...
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Countries: World, Kenya, occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia . Speaking on the "From Pipeline to Pregnancy: Unlocking the Final Step" panel hosted by the Every Pregnancy Coalition at Goals House, Mokhtar highlighted the disconnect between medical innovations and the operation...
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. Further heavy rainfall forecast in the coming days is increasing the threat of landslides, which could make it even harder to reach areas where roads have already been damaged by the floods. The Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), supported by the International Federation of Red Cr...
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. Allow me to start today not with a number, but with a child. “Yesterday, I visited the Al Firdous displacement centre in Aden and saw firsthand the aggravating impact renewed fighting is having on children and families. “There, I met four-year-old Taha at a UNICEF-supported mob...
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Countries: Moldova, Ukraine . Key messages ■ Urban refugees: 13.5% of households are multidimensionally poor, against 10.5% of the urban Moldovan population (NBS 2025). The 3.0 pp gap lies within the urban sampling margin, so the difference is indicative rather than statistically...
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. The funding agreement, signed in New York during the United Nations General Assembly, reflects Benin's strong commitment to sustaining progress against HIV and ensuring that lifesaving prevention, treatment and support services continue to reach the people who need them most. T...
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. Fourteen years of conflict, repeated displacement, and damage to essential infrastructure have left many families without reliable water systems, proper sanitation, or safe waste disposal. When safe water is missing, the consequences are immediate: disease spreads more easily, ...
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. Twelve days before the flood, she had taken a loan of NPR 1.2 million – equivalent to almost USD 8,000 – to purchase new equipment and expand the business. Then the flood came. It swept through the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river corridors, killing thousands of people, destroying...
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. El Niño alert: One of the strongest episodes in decades threatens over 1 million people in IPC Phase 3+. WFP urgently requires USD 26 million—USD 6.3 million for anticipatory action and USD 19.7 million for food and school meals during October–January critical period. Beneficia...
